Lingerie fastener



March 23,1926. 1,577,993

E. WE INSTEIN LINGERI E FASTENER Filed Sept. 28, 1925 INVENTOR v 5 1 .EI

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES muses ELLEN WEINSTEIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LINGERIE FASTENER.

Application filed September 28, 1925. Serial No. 58,961.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN lVErNs'rErN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in LingerieFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to fasteners used in holding undergarments or lingerie in their proper positions with relationship to theouter dress of the wearer, without the use of other additional means.

There has been considerable difficulty experienced in the past by womenwearing lingerie on which shoulder straps are attached, in maintainingthe garments in their proper positions and in keeping the strapsextending over the shoulders from falling therefrom. To obviate thisdifficulty and to eliminate the inconvenience of continually replacingthe straps upon the shoulders, various means have been devised, but noneof them have proven satisfactory in either convenience or operation.

My invention comprises a pair of safety pins joined together, one ofwhich is attached to the dress of the wearer and the other of which isattached to the shoulder strap of the under garment. The connection ofthe dress with the shoulder strap by means of my invention, prevents theshoul- [ler strap from falling over the shoulders and from otherwiseassuming improper positions on the wearer.

An object of the present invention is to provide a fastener for lingerieor other similar garments, whereby the same may be maintained in theirproper positions on the wearer.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device for fastening an under garment to the outer garmentof the wearer.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fi 1 is a view of my invention showing the manner in which the variousparts are connected to each other;

Fig. 2 is a view of my invention showing the same in another form; and 3is a view of my invention showing how the same is applied to thegarmentsof the wearer.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1, represents the body portion ofan ordinary safety pin which is comprised of a sheath 2, a spring 3 anda pointed end l. The present invention comprises two ordinary safetypins, a and Z), having the parts above designated, with the point of oneof the safety pins sharpened so as to easily per forate cloth, and thepoint 5, of the other safety pin blunted, so as to avoid the pricking ofthe skin of the wearer. The body portions 1 of the safety pins, as shownin Fig. 1, are joined together by two cross members, 6 and 7 which maybe secured to the said body portions by solder or welding, or may beloosely attached to the body portions by eyes formed on the ends of themembers through which the said body portions extend.

In operation the pointed end 4 of the safety pin a, is passed throughthe underneath lining of a dress or other garment at the shoulder of thewearer and fastened within its sheath in the usual manner, while theblunted end 5, of the other safety pin 6 is passed underneath theshoulder strap 0, forming the usual part of the lingerie or otherunderwear, and is fastened within its sheath. The two safety pins a and7), being joined together by members 6 and 7, afford a satisfactorymeans for preventing the shoulder strap 0 from falling over theshoulders of the wearer, when once the pins are attached to the twogarments.

As shown in Fig. 2, the body portions 1 of the two safety pins may bejoined together by two vertical members 8 and 9, the latter membersbeing either loosely or rigidly connected to the safety pins as abovedescribed.

It is evident that various means may be .used to join the two safetypins together such as chains, cloth or strings, and that other means maybe substituted for the safety pins, such as clasps, which willsatisfactorily hold two separate garments in their proper positionsrelative to each other;

I therefore do not desire to be confined to body portions joinedtogether by means of the exact forms shown and described, refa pluralityof crossed members. erence being had to the appended claims 2. A deviceof the class described, coinfor the limits my invention may assume.prising a pair of safety pins having their Havlng descr1bed myinvention, What I body portlons joined together by means of claim 1s: aplurality of crossed members, and a 1. A device of the class describedcomblunted end on one of the safety pins. prising a pair of safety pinshaving their ELLEN VVEIN STEIN.

